Russians don't miss communism because of ideals. They miss the national pride, strong government, economic safety. Putin is nazbol at best and fascist at worst, don't expect anything to change in Russia.
The Russian government isn't fascist but there are people with fascist-like views (like Dugin) in the ruling party and government. I don't think it's fair to categorize the whole government as nazbol, but they do make some rhetorical appeals to that sort of ideology. They're only driven by self preservation, they don't want an alternative political organization (to their left or to their right) to arise which would challenge their power and "destabilize" society. They basically control every significant political force outside of a small, mostly liberal opposition that's mostly supported by educated urbanites. Relative to where the Russian populace is at in their political beliefs it's a centrist government that happens to be authoritarian.
currently, left wing ideas are not mainstream in Russia. I hope his statements will allow for more open discussion. One can only hope eh 😔
Russians don't miss communism because of ideals. They miss the national pride, strong government, economic safety. Putin is nazbol at best and fascist at worst, don't expect anything to change in Russia.
The Russian government isn't fascist but there are people with fascist-like views (like Dugin) in the ruling party and government. I don't think it's fair to categorize the whole government as nazbol, but they do make some rhetorical appeals to that sort of ideology. They're only driven by self preservation, they don't want an alternative political organization (to their left or to their right) to arise which would challenge their power and "destabilize" society. They basically control every significant political force outside of a small, mostly liberal opposition that's mostly supported by educated urbanites. Relative to where the Russian populace is at in their political beliefs it's a centrist government that happens to be authoritarian.